Score-card or other recording or indicating device.



LEWIS MARTIN EDWARDS,

0F NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND GEORGE H. HEUER, OF NEW YORK. N. Y.

SCORE-CARD OR OTHER RECORDING OR INDICATING DEVICE.

Application filed October 19, 1915.

To all /ahfom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Lewis MARTIN Enuzuuis, a citizen of the United States of America, residing in the borough of Manhattan. city and State of New York, United States of America, have invented a new and useful Score-Card or other Recording or Indicating Device; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact de-- scription of the same.

My present invention relates to means for recording or indicating, and the improvements especially consist in a sheet or card having distinct portions, preferably integral. each of which, by the act of recording or indicating, has its physical condition and appearance modified.

The improvements may be embodied in any form of recording or indicating device,-for instance, scoring cards for games, contests or sports. such as base-ball, football, golf, cricket, billiards, athletics, etc., or household reminders, slips, or other memoranda.

In the accompanying drawings. I have shown the invention as embodied in a thin and stiff card having projections formed thereon by embossing or pressure. These projections are adapted to be readily deformed, being partially or entirely pressed back into the plane of the card, and to do this the finger-nail alone may be used.

The form of device especially illustrated '1n the drawings in a score-card for base-ball.

Figure l is a plan view of the card; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view of part of such a card; Fig. 3 is a sectional view, on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

A indicates a card of thin and stiff paper. As shown, it has two sections, the upper for the score of the local team, and the lower section being for the score of the visiting team. rI`he space between the two sections may be used for advertisements or for information: a panel, X, is shown for this purpose. The card has usual indicia, disposed in or near panels, relative to innings, runs, hits and errors. The information is arranged in groups` each having three frames, the frames, B', indicating innings being identified by the numerals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11; there being intermediate frames, B2, (for indicating runs) and lower frames, B3, `(for indicating hits). At the right hand end of the section, I have Specification of Letters Patent,

purchase cards or Patented May 2, 1916.

serial No. 56,690.

provided panels or frames for indicating errors.

In the panelsl or frames, I have provided realily-deformable projections which are integral with the card, being formed by embossing or pressing. Preferably, they pro ject from the side on which the information is printed. Referring tothe upper section of the card. the innings frames, include projections E to E, arranged near the like numerals 1 to 11. In each of the runs frames, B2, I have provided projections, E to FG, arranged in groups of si.\' each. In each of the hits frames, B3, I have provided projections. G to G6, arranged in groups of six each. In the end error frames, B4 and B5. I ha've provided a group of eight projections I-I to HS. The lower section of the illustrated score-cards is provided with the like frames or panels, C', C2, C3, C, C5, and with readily-deformable projections E12- E21` Fo1 F1a27 GGIGiaZ E[9 I.I167 disposed in the frames as before described when referring to the upper section.

In using a recording or indicating device (the score card) made according to my invention, it is not necessary to use any pencil, pen or other auxiliary device. All that is required is to deform the selected projection, by pressing or by tearing the same. AThis may be done by the tip of the finger or the finger-nail. The material of the card and the shape of the projection should both be such-that a pressed projection remains deformed, and thereby indicates or records As an instance, referring to Fig. 2, deformation of the projections e and f (for instance, to the condition shown in the sectional view, Fig. 3, or to other condition) would indicate that one run had been made and had been scored in the first inning by the local team. As another instance o use of the illustrated card, deformation of the various projections E', E2, E3, E4, E, E6q E1'5 Es, F" F2t F37 'F77 F43, F44 (ya (zt GT, G19, G20. G43, G, and H would indicate that the local team was playing in their first half of the eighth inning; that they had made two runs in the first inning, one run in the second inning, and two runs in the eighth inning; that they had made two hits in the first inning, one hit in the second inning, tvvo hits (and no runs) in the fourth inning, and two hits in the eighth inning; and that they had, so far, made one error.

In a similar manner, deformation, distortion or mutilation of the projections of the lower section will indicate the innings, runs, hits and errors of the visitors team.

It will be obvious, from the foregoing, that my improvements may be embodied in cards for scoring the results of games, contests or sports other than base-ball. It will also be obvious that cards or slips containing my invention may be used, generally, for memoranda purposes, such as household reminders.

IVhat I claim is:

1. A recording or indicating device consisting of a sheet provided with indicia, and

having easily-deformable surface projections y located adjacent the indicia aforesaid.

2. A recording or indicating device con- 4sisting of a sheet provided with indicia, and

having easily-deformable surface projections arranged in groups and located adjacent th'e indicia aforesaid.

8. A recording or indicating device consisting of a sheet provided with indicia, and having easily-deformable surface portions located adjacent the indicia aforesaid and in a plane different from that of the surface of the sheet.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of 30 two subscribing Witnesses.

LEWIS MARTIN EDWARDS.

Witnesses:

JACOB MILLER, MAX BUSKIN. 

